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millvpmRECORDS OF FISHING CREEK PREPARATIVE MEETING, GREENWOOD PREPARATIVE MEETING,
MILVILLE PREPARATIVE MEETING, FISHING CREEK MEETING, AND GREENWOOD MEETING (MILVILLE,
PA)A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of
Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends2011Finding aid encoded by Staff2011Finding aid written in English.RECORDS OF FISHING CREEK PREPARATIVE MEETING, GREENWOOD PREPARATIVE MEETING,
MILVILLE PREPARATIVE MEETING, FISHING CREEK MEETING, AND GREENWOOD MEETING (MILVILLE, PA). A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of
Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of
Friends
Summary
Millville Preparative Meeting Records1838-1894Preparative Meeting of Friends held at Millville (Pa.)1.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College & Haverford College Library
Quaker CollectionFor current information on the location of materials, please consult
the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu
SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

A preparative meeting at Fishing Creek was established by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in
1799. At the time of the Hicksite Separation --which in this area of Pennsylvania did not occur
until 1829-30-- the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. In 11mo 1893, following
action by the Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Millville, Pa., its parent meeting, Fishing
Creek Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) began using the name "Preparative Meeting of Friends held
at Millville, Pa." This preparative meeting was discontinued in 1894.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Minutes of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1838-1894; minutes of
the women's meeting, 1863-1893.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Accession information

Deposit

Access

Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained by reader.

SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the joint on-line catalog
of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. Please note that records
created before 1827, the date of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, may have been added to
by either the Hicksite or Orthodox branches of this meeting, but could include information about
members of the other branch before the Separation:

Monthly meeting records normally include minutes of men’s and women’s meetings for business
and registers of births, deaths, marriages, removals (transfers), and disownments. In general,
non-members are not mentioned in the minutes, even when they attended meeting for worship on a
regular basis.

Note to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at either
Haverford (HV) or Swarthmore (SW), and are
not available through inter-Library loan. To request materials on-site, please make sure to use
the correct call numbers for the Library in which you wish to use the records:

Men's Meeting and Joint

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could
participate. It has responsibility for care of members, authorizes removals and marriages,
maintains discipline, considers the queries, manages meeting property, fosters social
concerns, and reports regularly to the quarterly meeting. Beginning at the end of the 19th
century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint
session.

In 11mo 1893, following action by the Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Millville, Pa.,
its parent meeting, Fishing Creek Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) changed its name to
"Preparative Meeting of Friends held at Millville, Pa." This meeting was discontinued in
1894.

In 11mo 1893, following action by the Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Millville, Pa.,
its parent meeting, Fishing Creek Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) changed its name to
"Preparative Meeting of Friends held at Millville, Pa. This meeting was discontinued in 1894.